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Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Compiled Nov 5

What happened
The House lame-duck session begins Monday, when lawmakers will decide whether to proceed with the Protect College Sports Act
The detail
The bill passed the Senate by a 77-22 margin last month
The detail
Democrats won at least 247 seats in the election, with counting still underway Thursday
The detail
The NCAA, USOPC, Randy Levine, Cody Campbell, Sens. Cruz and Cantwell, and President Trump are pushing for the bill
How it unfolded
last month: The Protect College Sports Act passed the Senate by a 77-22 margin · last month: The Big Ten passed rules designed to make its spending guidelines conform with numbers in the bill · Thursday: Vote counting was still underway, with Democrats having won at least 247 seats · Monday: The House lame-duck session begins and will decide whether to proceed with the bill
By the numbers
77-22 Senate vote margin · 247 seats won by Democrats · $50 million revenue threshold · 70% percent of D-I athletic departments below threshold · 77.2% percent of Olympians from covered schools
Still unresolved
Whether current House Democrats, who mostly oppose the bill, will vote for it in the lame-duck session

